President and Administration
Unlike other natural disasters, extreme heat doesn’t topple buildings, flood streets or turn road signs into missiles…
Telemedicine hasn’t yet transformed health care — as it seemed poised to do after virtual care took off during the COVID-19 pandemic…
A push by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to slap tobacco-style warning labels on social media galvanized supporters on Monday (6/17)…
On Tuesday (6/18), President Biden announced a major new policy initiative that would shield tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants from being deported…
A new CDC study suggests that locking and safely storing firearms could decrease gun homicides and injury to children…
Congress
The Senate is moving ahead on annual spending bills despite lacking a bipartisan agreement on funding totals…
This week, GOP leaders will embark on their most ambitious fiscal 2025 task yet: passing the Defense, State-Foreign Operations, and Homeland Security spending bills on the floor…
California
California regulators passed rules Thursday (6/20) to protect workers from rising indoor temperatures…
Gov. Newsom and legislative leadership on Saturday (6/22) announced a deal to address one of the largest budget deficits in California history…
Gov. Newsom on Tuesday (6/18) vowed to severely restrict the use of smartphones during the school day…
Education
As evidence mounts that the U.S. education system has barely started to reckon with the impact of COVID-related school closures on students with disabilities…
Experts say students’ lack of connection to school is one of the biggest factors leading to high absenteeism across the country…
Nearly 15 million children were chronically absent in the 2021-22 school year, doubling pre-pandemic numbers, and millions have lived through at least one traumatic experience, such as parent death or abuse…
In 35 states, students have a right to attend high school until at least age 20; a 74 investigation revealed a 19-year-old was repeatedly turned away…
Depending on where they grow up, some American students receive considerably less schooling every year than their peers in other areas, according to newly published research…
The ESSER cliff is coming. Most districts and states that initiated high-impact tutoring using federal ESSER dollars are scrambling…